Kendari Health Office: Priority Sinovac Vaccine For Children 6-11 Years

Head of the Kendari Health Office Rahminingrum. (AMONG)

JAKARTA - Head of the Kendari City Health Office, Rahminingrum, said that the Sinovac vaccine in the area is currently being prioritized for vaccinating children aged 6-11 years.

"The type of vaccine given to children aged 6-11 years is currently the Sinovac type. That's why the Sinovac type vaccine since the kick off (launch, ed.) vaccinating children on January 19 last, it is no longer given for a single dose for adults," he said at Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, Antara, Monday, January 24.

Currently, the Sinovac vaccine in this city will be given to children aged 6-11 years because the effect is considered relatively milder than other types of vaccines.

The local Health Service stated that the target for vaccination of children in this area is 37,352 people. This data is sourced from the Kendari Department of Education, Youth and Sports (Dikmudora) and the local Ministry of Religion (Kemenag).

"The target for child vaccination is from KPC PEN (Committee for Handling COVID-19 and National Economic Recovery), meaning that from the national level it is 37,352. That is from Dikmudora about 34 thousand and from the Ministry of Religion Kendari there are around four thousand," said Rahminingrum.

Vaccination of children in Kendari City reached 810 or 2.17 percent for the first dose and 18 people or 0.05 percent for the second dose of the total target. In the process of vaccinating children, his party cooperates with the Southeast Sulawesi Regional Police, Kendari Police and Kodim 1417/Kendari.

He said that every vaccination team deployed to schools has a doctor who will carry out early detection whether a child deserves to be vaccinated or not.

Medically, he continued, someone who cannot be vaccinated is those who have comorbidities or comorbidities.

"But actually, if the child is physically still very fit, if the child is rarely comorbid, but usually parents are more worried. If after being vaccinated, the fever continues to be very normal because the mechanism grows to form antibodies," he said.